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  Gemini 7 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gemini 7 was originally intended to fly after Gemini 6, but the original Gemini 6 mission was cancelled after the failure during launch of the Agena Target Vehicle it was meant to rendezvous and dock with.
Gemini VII was the longest space flight in U.S. history, until the Skylab missions of the 1970s.
As they slowly gained Walter Schirra put Gemini 6A's computer in charge of the rendezvous and then at 5 hours and 4 minutes he saw a bright star that he thought was Sirius, but was in fact Gemini 7.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gemini_7   (1363 words)

  
 Gemini 12 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was the 10th manned Gemini flight, the 18th manned American flight and the 26th spaceflight of all time (includes X-15 flights over 100 km).
In preparation for Gemini XII, new, improved restraints were added to the outside of the capsule, and a new technique—underwater training—was introduced, which would become a staple of all future space-walk simulation.
Gemini 12 was designed to perform rendezvous and docking with the Agena target vehicle, to conduct three ExtraVehicular Activity (EVA) operations, to conduct a tethered stationkeeping exercise, to perform docked maneuvers using the Agena propulsion system to change orbit, and demonstrate an automatic reentry.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gemini_12   (507 words)

  
 Space Mission Patches - Gemini Index
On Gemini 5, 6, 8 and 9 the mission patch was worn on the right breast; on the remaining missions (7, 10, 11, 12) the patch was worn on the right upper arm -- in some cases almost down at the elbow.
Gemini 7, launched prior to Gemini 6 in order to provide a rendezvous target for that mission, remained in orbit for a record-setting 14 days.
Gemini 10 accomplished the first-ever double rendezvous: after docking with their own Agena target vehicle, they used its engine to raise their orbit to allow them to rendezvous with Gemini 8's abandoned Agena.
genedorr.com /patches/IndexGe.html   (493 words)

  
 NASM--Apollo to the Moon--Gemini 7 Mission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Gemini was the first manned spacecraft that could alter its orbit during flight.
Gemini 7 in orbit as photographed from Gemini 6, December 15, 1965.
Gemini 7's primary mission was to demonstrate that astronauts could live in weightlessness without significant ill effects for 14 days, the longest duration anticipated for an Apollo lunar-landing mission.
www.nasm.si.edu /exhibitions/attm/nojs/rm.ey.g7.1.html   (649 words)

  
 Gemini 7: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Project gemini was the second human spaceflight program in which the united states of america sent humans into space, between projects mercury and project apolloapollo,...
Gemini 7 was originally intended to fly after Gemini 6[Click link for more facts about this topic], EHandler: no quick summary.
The next burn was at 2 hours and 18 minutes when Gemini 6A made a phase adjustment to put them on the same orbit[For more, click on this link]al inclination as Gemini 7.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/gemini_7.htm   (2546 words)

  
 Gemini Spacecraft - Projects Gemini
Gemini mission accomplishments included the first U.S. two-man spaceflight, spacewalk by an American, use of fuel cells for electric power, spacecraft rendezvous, docking with another spacecraft, emergency landing of a U.S. spacecraft and use of an Agena target vehicle's propulsion system for rendezvous operations.
The Gemini program was managed by the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, under the supervision of the Office of Manned Spaceflight at NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Dr. George E. Mueller acted as program director up until Gemini 5, when William C. Schneider took over the responsibility.
Virgil Grissom nicknamed the Gemini III spacecraft "Molly Brown" after the popular Broadway musical "The Unsinkable Molly Brown." He was poking fun at the fact that his previous spacecraft, Mercury Liberty Bell 7, sank after it splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean.
www.aerospaceguide.net /spaceexploration/gemini.html   (1057 words)

  
 Spaceflight :Project Gemini
This photograph of the Gemini 7 spacecraft was taken from the hatch window of the Gemini 6 spacecraft during rendezvous and station keeping maneuvers at an altitude of approximately 160 miles on December 15, 1965.
Gemini 1 made 64 orbits and confirmed that the Titan II launch vehicle and the spacecraft were compatible.
The Gemini VI flight, scheduled for launch on October 25, 1965, was scrubbed when the Agena target spacecraft with which the crew had planned to rendezvous and dock exploded during its launch.
www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/SPACEFLIGHT/gemini/SP18.htm   (1912 words)

  
 APOLLO MISSION CONTROL PHOTO PLUS
Gemini 7, carrying Astronauts Frank Borman, command pilot, and James A. Lovell Jr., pilot, was successfully launched from Pad 19 at 2:30 p.m., 4 December 1965.
This photograph of the Gemini 7 spacecraft was taken from the hatch window of the Gemini 6 spacecraft during rendezvous and station keeping manoeuvres at an altitude of approximately 160 miles on December 15, 1965.
This view of the orbiting Gemini 7 spacecraft was taken from the Gemini 6 spacecraft during their historic rendezvous mission in space.
www.apollomissionphotos.com /index_Gemini_7.html   (1276 words)

  
 Space Mission Patches - Gemini 7 Patch
"Gemini 7 was to be a two-week mission with mostly medical experiments being conducted.
The Gemini 7 patch shows an Olympic torch, symbolic of the marathon-like 14-day mission.
However, the Gemini 7 patch hung on the wall of the MOCR (Mission Operations Control Room, aka Mission Control) does include the crew names.
www.genedorr.com /patches/Gemini/Ge07.html   (204 words)

  
 Gemini-7: Lessons and Legends
The Gemini also had a docking light which was aimed at the booster after sunset, but it "was not particularly helpful", probably because they were too far away (it later worked fine with Gemini-6 at a much closer range).
The Gemini spacecraft's attitude was supposed to have been pitch -25 degrees with zero yaw, but in flight was pitch -41.5 degrees, with a 49 degrees yaw error due to his out-of-plane detour to get the sun out of his eyes.
It might be conjectured that the bogey and the particles were fragments from the launching of Gemini 7, but this is impossible if they were traveling in polar orbit as they appeared to the astronauts to be doing" (but in that case it couldn't have been "in formation" with Gemini-7, as he had carelessly written).
www.jamesoberg.com /gemini7.html   (3680 words)

  
 WallySchirra.Com - Gemini VI-A
He served as the backup command pilot for Gemini GT-3 (Gemini-Titan), the first American two-man space mission flown by Grissom and John W. Young, an astronaut chosen with the second astronaut class dubbed the "New Nine." On June 22, 1965, Schirra was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson for promotion from commander to captain.
Gemini 6 was removed from the pad and replaced by Gemini 7, which was launched on December 4, 1965, on a planned 14-day flight.
Gemini 6 was redesignated Gemini 6-A. Eight days later, Schirra and pilot Thomas P. Stafford were in their spacecraft atop the Titan II booster when it ignited, then shut down after only two seconds.
www.wallyschirra.com /gemini.htm   (1026 words)

  
 Boeing Frontiers Online
They proposed using Gemini 7, scheduled for a Dec. 4 launch on a 14-day mission, as the rendezvous target for Gemini 6.
He distributed a plan so detailed that every item of work from the launch of Gemini 7 to the launch of Gemini 6 nine days later was scheduled to the nearest 15 minutes.
The Gemini 7 spacecraft was raised to the top of the launch tower on Nov. 11 and mated to its Titan rocket.
www.boeing.com /news/frontiers/archive/2005/november/i_history.html   (951 words)

  
 Precursors to the Landing Missions
And, during this same period, Mercury and Gemini flights were used to develop some of the basic operational; knowledge needed for the manned lunar flights.
The crews of Gemini 5 and 7 spent eight and fourteen days in space, respectively and, although they had far less elbow room than the Apollo crews, they proved beyond any doubt that there were no physiological or operational barriers to the conduct of a ten-day lunar mission.
Five of the Gemini astronauts ventured outside their spacecraft and, when they tried to do strenuous work, discovered that the air-cooling system used in the Gemini suits wasn't going to be adequate for Apollo.
www.solarviews.com /eng/apopre.htm   (3338 words)

  
 Gemini 7 NASA Mission Reports
On December 4, 1965, NASA launched the Gemini 7 spacecraft on a Titan II booster, putting Frank Borman and James A. Lovell, Jr.
During this 14 day period, the Gemini 7 mission achieved some remarkable "firsts" -- manned "station-keeping" (formation flying) and "proximity operations" (relative maneuvering in orbit) with the Gemini 6 spacecraft, and performed more than 20 scientific experiments.
In Gemini 7, The NASA Mission Reports some of the rare official documentation of this historic voyage is collected and made commercially available for the first time.
www.countdowncreations.com /misrepg7.htm   (137 words)

  
 Gemini 7
Gemini VII might have to end early with a landing in the Pacific Ocean, much as the crew disliked the idea of missing the 14-day goal.
When Gemini VII was launched on December 4, the mission plan required one astronaut to be suited at all times, but on December 12 NASA Headquarters authorized both crew members to have their suits off at the same time.
Gemini 6 was to have been the first flight involving docking with an Agena target/propulsion stage.
www.friends-partners.org /partners/mwade/flights/gemini7.htm   (18508 words)

  
 Mercury & Gemini Mission Library
Aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth in February of 1962.
Gemini 6 was the fifth manned flight of America's two-man spacecraft.
The long duration Gemini 7 mission was already scheduled for launch and so the crew of Gemini 6 were told that NASA would attempt a double manned mission and rendezvous.
my.execpc.com /~keithp/alib/alibmg.htm   (616 words)

  
 Apollo Crews
Was backup pilot for MercuryAtlas 7 (Aurora 7), pilot of Mercury-Atlas 8 (Sigma 7), backup command pilot of Gemini 3, command pilot of Gemini 6, and commander of Apollo 7.
Was backup pilot for Gemini 4, pilot of Gemini 7, backup command pilot for Gemini 9, command pilot for Gemini 12, command module pilot of Apollo 8, backup commander for Apollo 11, and commander of Apollo 13.
After Gemini 9, Cernan served as backup pilot for Gemini 12; and, then, he and Stafford were joined by Gemini 3 and 10 veteran John Young as the backup crew for Apollo 7.
www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/alsj/apollo.crews.html   (1602 words)

  
 Cedric’s Gemini Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
After a 100,000 mile chase Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 were able to send information back and forth from six to twenty feet away for the first time in world history.
Gemini 7 entered it's 172nd orbit and Gemini 6 entered it's 11th orbit at 12:39 A.M. eastern time on Thursday December 16,1965.
On Thursday December 16, 1965 Gemini 7 splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean at 10:29 A.M. After the successful rendezvous in space Gemini 6 continued to complete their epic fourteen day mission.
www.gfsnet.org /msweb/sixties/geminirendezvousdec65   (337 words)

  
 Meadville Space Center
This is useful for sim programmers to check the accuracy of the field of view through the cockpit window and the trajectory of the Redstone Rocket.
Gemini Familiarization manual for rendezvous and docking spacecrafts (GT-5, GT-6, GT-8, GT-9, GT-10, GT-11, GT-12) Contains information on the ADTA used on GT-9 as well as the Agena Control Panel.
Last the dual flight of Gemini 7/6 used a combination of the MOCR and the older Mercury tracking network, any description of this would be appreciated.
www.ibiblio.org /mscorbit/document.html   (646 words)

  
 Gemini 7
In the ashes of this setback, the idea of launching Gemini 6 to rendezvous with Gemini 7 was born.
Gemini 7 has the space flight duration record, and Gemini 6 has achieved the first rendezvous in orbit.
Gemini 7 landed at 14:05 GMT only 11.8 km from the target point after a record 14 day mission..
www.astronautix.com /flights/gemini7.htm   (13075 words)

  
 GPN-2000-001067 - Andes Mountains as seen from Gemini 7
Waves of clouds along the east flanks of the Andes Mountains cast off an orange glow by the low angle of the sun in the West.
The dark area to the left is the Earth's terminator.
This view was photographed by astronaut Frank Borman and James A. Lovell during the Gemini 7 mission, looking South from Northern Bolivia across the Andes.
grin.hq.nasa.gov /ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001067.html   (88 words)

  
 Astronaut Scholarship Foundation: Gemini Astronaut Speakers
Flew on Gemini 9 and Apollo 10 missions and was the last man to walk on the Moon as commander of Apollo 17
Flew on Gemini 7, commanded Gemini 12, orbited the Moon on Apollo 8, and commanded the aborted Apollo 13 Moon-landing mission, the subject of the 1995 hit movie Apollo 13
Flew on Gemini 3, commanded Gemini 10, orbited the Moon on Apollo 10, walked on the Moon as Apollo 16 Commander, commanded the first Space Shuttle mission STS-1 and the 9th shuttle flight, STS-9.
www.astronautscholarship.org /gemini.html   (165 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Gemini 7: The NASA Mission Reports: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Gemini VII mission was an important milestone along the path to Apollo.
The Gemini VI mission (delayed from its original 25 October launch date) was launched from the same pad as Gemini VII, only days later, rather than after the normal two-month turn-around time.
The crew de-brief section makes fascinating reading, as you have to remember that when Gemini 7 flew (1965) questions were still being asked about a human-being's ability to spend long periods in zero-G. This book is a must for those who are collecting the entire series as it compliments previous titles well.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1896522823   (669 words)

  
 Gemini-Titan 7 Patch
The first U.S. space flight in which part of the flight was made without a space suit.
Gemini 7 also served as a rendezvous vehicle with the Gemini 6 flight.
Splashdown of Gemini 7 occurred on December 18, after two successful weeks in space.
www.countdowncreations.com /pagemit7.htm   (87 words)

  
 Gemini 7   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Gemini 7 spacecraft on display at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC.
Astronaut Jim Lovell would go on to fly Gemini 12, go to the moon on Apollo 8, and narrowly avert disaster on Apollo 13.
Gemini 7 has since been moved to the new National Air & Space Museum annex at Dulles Airport, also known as the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.
www.visi.com /~jweeks/spacecraft/gemini7.html   (90 words)

  
 GPN-2000-001488 - Gemini 6 Views Gemini 7
The main purpose of Gemini VI, crewed by astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford, was the rendezvous with Gemini VII.
The main purpose of Gemini VII, on the other hand, was studying the long-term effects of long-duration (up to 14 days) space flight on a two-man crew.
Gemini 6 Gemini VI Gemini 7 Gemini VII Walter Schirra Wally Schirra Thomas Stafford Tom Stafford Frank Borman James Lovell Jim Lovell Rendezvous
grin.hq.nasa.gov /ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001488.html   (148 words)

  
 Gemini-7 Patch
Note that NASA suit technician Clyde Teague is wearing the patch as well.
On 1 July 1965, NASA picked the Gemini IV backup crew, Frank Borman and James Lovell to fly Gemini VII, with Edward White and Michael Collins as alternates.
Collins was the first member of the third astronaut class (selected in October 1963) to be named to a flight.
www.angelfire.com /ma/Hoorenz/GEM7.html   (281 words)

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